Table 2.

Associations of mental disorder in relation to mortality (incidence rate ratios^* with 95 % CIs)

Mental disorder group	All-cause mortality	Ischaemic heart disease	Cancer (all types)	Avoidable mortality: medical care indicators	Avoidable mortality: national health policy indicators	Suicide	Death from external causes (suicide excluded)
Women
No mental disorder	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)
Schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses	3.8 (3.4–4.2)	4.1 (3.1–5.6)	1.9 (1.5–2.4)	3.5 (2.5–4.9)	2.1 (1.4–3.2)	24.9 (18.1–34.2)	6.7 (4.0–11.1)
Affective disorder	2.4 (2.2–2.6)	2.1 (1.7–2.7)	1.3 (1.1–1.5)	2.2 (1.7–2.8)	1.9 (1.5–2.5)	22.3 (18.1–27.3)	6.1 (4.5–8.3)
Anxiety disorder	2.6 (2.3–2.8)	2.9 (2.1–3.8)	1.7 (1.4–2.0)	2.2 (1.6–3.0)	2.4 (1.8–3.2)	16.0 (12.5–20.6)	5.3 (3.6–7.8)
Other mental disorder (including substance abuse disorder)	4.7 (4.3–5.0)	4.6 (3.6–5.8)	1.8 (1.5–2.2)	3.5 (2.7–4.6)	6.2 (5.0–7.6)	26.7 (20.8–34.3)	12.6 (9.4–17.0)
Men
No mental disorder	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)	1 (REF)
Schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses	4.6 (4.2–5.0)	4.3 (3.4–5.3)	1.9 (1.5–2.5)	3.4 (2.4–4.9)	3.0 (2.1–4.1)	16.1 (12.9–20.3)	6.2 (4.5–8.6)
Affective disorder	2.8 (2.7–3.1)	2.2 (1.9–2.7)	1.5 (1.2–1.7)	3.0 (2.4–3.8)	1.4 (1.1–2.0)	17.2 (14.6–20.2)	4.9 (3.8–6.2)
Anxiety disorder	2.8 (2.5–3.0)	2.7 (2.1–3.5)	1.5 (1.2–2.0)	2.3 (1.6–3.4)	2.3 (1.7–3.2)	8.3 (6.5–10.6)	4.5 (3.4–6.1)
Other mental disorder (including substance abuse disorder)	4.8 (4.6–5.0)	3.7 (3.3–4.2)	1.9 (1.6–2.1)	3.9 (3.3–4.6)	5.5 (4.8–6.3)	12.6 (10.8–14.8)	11.8 (10.3–13.6)

^*Adjusted for age.